 THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Seite 178herausgegeben von - 1851Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1851 - 786 Seiten
...contrive a charming volume of such lyrics on childhood. THE CHANGELING. " I had a little dunghter, And she was given to me To lead me gently onward To...she was wholly fair. And the light of the heaven she came from Still lingered and gleamed in her hair. She had been with us scarce a twelvemonth, And it... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 Seiten
...the sky The falcon Truth hangs poised for ever, And marks them with his vengeful eye. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine... | |
 | 1851 - 856 Seiten
...translators of poetry, might contrive a charming volume of such lyrics on childhood. THE CHANGELING. " I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To...the Heavenly Father's knee. I know not how others ?aw her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came from Still lingered and... | |
 | 1851 - 792 Seiten
...contrive a charming volume of each lyrics on childhood. THE CHANGELING. " I had a little daughter, And ehe was given to me To lead me gently onward To the Heavenly Father's knee. I know not how others saw her, Bat to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came from Still lingered and gleamed... | |
 | 1851 - 608 Seiten
...she was given to me 210 SOME AMERICAN POETS. To lead me gently onward To the Heavenly Father's knees. I know not how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came from Still lingered and gleamed in her hair. She had been with us scarce a twelvemonth, And it... | |
 | 1855 - 724 Seiten
...simple and pathetic, and invested with a nameless grace and etherial fascination. "TUB CHANGELING. I bad a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might In some dim wise divine... | |
 | 1852 - 590 Seiten
...cripple, and then act towards others as you would have others act towards yon. YITTA. THE CHANGELING. I had a little daughter, And she was given to me,...she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came from, Still lingered and gleamed in her hair. She had been with us scarce a twelvemonth, And it... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 284 Seiten
...nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. I know not how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came from Still lingered and gleamed in her hair ; For it was as wavy and golden, And as many changes... | |
 | 1853 - 1042 Seiten
...pathetic or more full of touching simplicity than the following, for example, — ' THE CHANGELING. ' I had a little daughter, And she was given to me, To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee ; That I, by the force of uature, Might, in some dim wise, divino... | |
 | Mrs. Hornblower - 1857 - 460 Seiten
...her first tears over the rifled japonica and the hopes it emblemized. II. |10ton in a •mn-|0*se. " I know not how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair ; And the light of the heaven she came from Still lingered and gleamed in her hair. For it was as wavy and golden, And as many changes... | |
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